Shown on Black / Aqua. Embroidered on the front panels.

Η ΤΑΝ Η ΕΠΙ ΤΑΣ

With it or on it.

Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women 241f

$42

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Color: Black / Aqua

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What a Spartan mother told her son as she handed him his shield: come back with it or on it.

The source

"Spoken to a son handing him his shield: come back with it, or on it"

Spartan mother, Plutarch, Sayings of Spartan Women 241f. Translated from the original Greek by Spartan Surfers.

Greek: Η ΤΑΝ Η ΕΠΙ ΤΑΣ

Rendered from the ancient Greek; print the Greek with the English.

The Greek text is public domain. The English on the shirt is our own rendering of it.

The marks

Accent thread on Black / Aqua: Aqua/Teal.

The cap

Otto Cap 125-978 Structured Snapback

Care: wash cold inside out, tumble dry low or hang dry, do not iron the print.

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The Spartans

8th–4th century BC

Laconic sayings from Lycurgus, Leonidas, Dienekes and the mothers of Sparta, recorded by Herodotus and Plutarch.